Building your family

Melissa B. Brisman graduated Valedictorian from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with honors from Harvard Law School. If that is not impressive enough, Melissa first started helping couples become parents in 1996 when she was her own first client when she and her husband, Dan, became parents of twin boys carried by a gestational carrier. A few years la...

Today I welcome Eric Garcia and Artemio Gaza.  They are two men who I counseled years ago to help them on their journey to have a family.  Eric and Art have a beautiful son and another one is on the way!  They love to help others on their journeys because they know how tough it can be to be a same sex couple and navigate family building.    From struggling to figure out how the process works, to c...

Ivan Fatovic is the founder and CEO of Modamily, an on line website that helps people build their families through donor conception. Modamily provides three services, a dating service, a co-parenting matchmaking service and a known sperm donor matching service.  In this episode, Ivan will share a perspective that is different from many of my guests as he sees clients that are different than many o...

Jane Mattes: Therapist, single mother by choice and the founder of Single Mothers by Choice. For over 40 years, Jane’s on-line and in-person groups have been providing a welcoming community for single women around the world who are considering single motherhood, pursuing single motherhood or are actively parenting. When Jane was pursuing single motherhood and wanted support but couldn’t find any,...

In this episode of #donorconceptionconversations, our guest, Jaimie Kelton talks about the struggles to find support in the queer community, her desire to have a genetic connection to her child (and why it “didn’t matter” in the end) and so much about what she has learned interviewing hundreds of queer families. Jaimie’s openness and thoughtful perspectives can be helpful to anyone considering don...

In this episode of #donorconceptionconversations, our guest, Elana Frank, the founder of the Jewish Fertility Foundation takes us on her personal journey to become a mom, learn how to pay for treatment and eventually to accept her desire for a third child, and use donor embryos to conceive.   She tells us how she broke the mold of her traditions by considering adoption, which paved the way for don...

In this episode of #donorconceptionconversations, our guest, Michael Greene, a psychologist who was a sperm donor, and is an adoptive parent, shares his stories and deep feelings about his daughter, bio children, and insights on non-genetic connections.  Michael shares his experiences of heartwarming reunions, and also, the relationships that could not be. This is an informative and touching podca...

In this episode of donor conception conversations, our guest, Danielle Roberts, or @Dani_Respsch on Instagram, opens up about her journey to become a proud donor egg mama.  But it was not always that way.  Dani shares her journey, where she stumbled, and what she learned along the way. She tells us what she would do differently if she could do it all over again and gives us insights on her persona...

In this episode of donor conception conversations, our guest, Hayley Darknell-King shares her unique insight into what it feels to be donor conceived and to raise donor conceived children because she has experienced both!  Hayley will share how she discovered she was #donorconceived and how she uses the lessons she has learned to teach her children, and her social media audience, important insight...

The Donor Conception Conversations Podcast is here!  Watch every Monday on YouTube or listen, subscribe, rate, and review wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.  In this episode of donor conception conversations, our guest, Wendy Kramer, will bust donor conception myths and teach you about connecting with donors and donor siblings (and how it doesn’t have to be scary).  She is the founder...